Research Interests

Epidemiology and nosology of the frontotemporal dementias, primary aphasias and related disorders; Treatment trials in the frontotemporal dementias; Cognition and behavior in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Clinicopathologic correlation in the frontotemporal dementias; Social cognition, life participation and burden of care in the frontotemporal dementias

Biography

Dr. Onyike is specialized in neuropsychiatry and focuses on the care of individuals who have mid- and late-life dementias. He is principal investigator or co-investigator of studies focused on the epidemiology and treatment of the frontotemporal dementias, dementia care, apathy and the neuropsychiatry of ALS. He is active in professional and public education programs pertaining to dementia, and serves on the Medical Advisory Committee of the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration and the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Commission of the State of Maryland. He is a founding member of the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias.